picture quality

Hands on: Oregon Scientific ATC3K Extreme hands-free camera

Crave Picture quality is relatively poor, it's extremely fiddly to attach to a helmet (or anything else for that matter), and the tiny non-backlit LCD screen is nigh-on impossible to see, let alone use. Like sliding down snowy slopes while standing on...

Tags: interactive, cbs, snowboarding, cbs interactive

2 December 2008, 15:32

The CNET UK Blu-ray player speed challenge

Crave A great player, with some of the best picture and sound quality we've seen. One cold and wet British summer, a Home Cinema reviewer was growing old waiting for a Blu-ray player to play his copy of Zombie Strippers -- for review purposes only, of...

Tags: pioneer, tray, blu, disc

27 November 2008, 11:51

HP Dreamcolor LP2480ZX: One billion colours!

Crave It has, unquestionably, the best picture we've seen on any flat panel display, ever. During our time testing it, we were blown away by the image quality. The generous chaps over at HP have just sent us what they proudly believe is the LCD monitor...

Tags: lcd, colour, panel, colours

18 November 2008, 10:48

Sagem DTR 64160: Pretty cheap, but not all that pretty

Crave There's also a picture-in-picture mode, which allows you to watch two channels at once. We'd also like to see an HDMI output -- with most TVs being HD Ready, it makes sense to get the best picture into the TV, rather than relying on converting the...

Tags: sagem, eye, channels, watching

17 November 2008, 11:53

Toshiba Regza 42ZV555D: 'World's first' upscaling TV

Crave It will do some additional processing to turn a standard-definition, interlaced picture into a progressive one, because LCD and plasma TVs can only display a progressive image. Toshiba's Active Vision M100HD picture-processing mode also makes an...

Tags: toshiba, cell, processor, definition

11 November 2008, 11:59

Toshiba XD-E500: Now with free Lovefilm subscription

Crave Although we applaud Toshiba's efforts to improve the quality of DVDs with its upscaling players, we couldn't help but think the XD-E500, which we reviewed in September, was a little too expensive at £120 and didn't do enough with the picture...

Tags: toshiba, dvds, movies, post office

10 November 2008, 11:22

Photos: Cracking open the Fujifilm FinePix Z1

Crave The CCD plays a critical role in picture quality and color reproduction. Prominent in this image is the FinePix's xD Picture Card slot. Our sister site, TechRepublic, runs a regular series called "Cracking Open", in which it takes a look inside a...

10 November 2008, 10:37

Denon DVD-3800BD: Wallet-busting Blu-ray

Crave Let's find out what you get for your titanic wodge of moolah.Spending that much more on a Blu-ray player means you get more features, better connectivity and (hopefully) a much higher-quality picture.

Tags: silver, eye, blu, ray

3 November 2008, 11:12

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Samsung PS50A756Not only is the picture quality on the Samsung PS50A756 superb, this TV has a host of extra treats that make it even more worthy of your hard-earned money. The best bit, though, is that Panasonic has also managed to create a TV...

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

Pioneer KRL-32V: Unboxing the Kuro LCD

Crave The Freeview picture quality is impressive, and the few short minutes we've spent with the TV have convinced us Pioneer has something to bring to the LCD party. The package is the same glorious quality you'd expect from any Pioneer TV, from the...

30 October 2008, 16:31

Opinion: Why Freeview is better than freesat

Crave So why, you might ask, why does digital TV look like something YouTube would be ashamed of when we were promised crystal clear picture and sound quality? The more channels you squeeze in, the lower their bit rate must be, and that has a direct...

Tags: air, rate, channels, frame

17 October 2008, 11:30

80s movies Blu-ray bonanza: HD cheese

Crave Well, we were surprised to discover that the picture quality is actually pretty good. Cast your mind back to a time when Tom Cruise wasn't quite so into Xenu, Winona Rider wasn't so stealy, and jeans were both tight and light blue.

Tags: ray, blu, blu ray, films

16 October 2008, 11:27

BBC iPlayer goes mobile: Which player is best?

Crave Picture quality wasn't quite as crisp as on the Q1, so it's a toss-up between big screen or quality screen. Both offer streaming access to the iPlayer library over Wi-Fi, using the H.264 codec for the best picture quality we tested.

14 October 2008, 12:03

Samsung LE40A856: Size 14 features in a size 8 case

Crave It's a 1080p TV, and Samsung has included a 100Hz picture mode, designed to make film look a little less filmy and more like video. You get the usual selection of inputs, including four HDMI sockets -- three at the back, one on the side...

Tags: samsung, eye, depth, sockets

14 October 2008, 11:26

Samsung PS50A756 1080p plasma: Come on you Red Devils

Crave The picture quality is quite remarkable. Samsung is, you may be aware, an official sponsor of London-based Russian football team Chelsea. If, like most right-thinking humans, you hate football with every last breath in your body, you might not know...

Tags: samsung, colour, football, hdmi

9 October 2008, 11:39